Most gamers have heard of this interesting item or product called blue light glasses. Ever since blue light has been deemed a harmful thing by many articles, research and more; people have been trying to do everything in order to avoid it, hence these glasses. But such a product should be advertised towards very specific people. Mainly those who stare at screens for long amounts of time, gamers generally fit into this category perfectly. This is why they know most about the matter, its the target market for them!
But there is a good chance that you don’t really know what blue light glasses actually do besides protecting your eyes. Dive a bit deeper into what blue light glasses do for you with Esports Mention below, continue reading.
What are Blue Light Glasses?
First, let’s talk about the structure of them. After all, most people can’t really differentiate between blue light glasses and sunglasses.
At first, blue light glasses might seem like regular ones. Well, maybe a little more childish, as their lenses are usually a yellowish color. This usually gives off a weird vibe which is why many people turn away the idea of wearing one. There are a couple of brands that sell these glasses and provide clear lenses, but these tend to be very expensive. So if you are not up to spending at least $100 on them, then you should probably go with yellow tinted ones. These are usually more reliable too because their price mainly reflects their quality.
But blue light glasses aren’t bought to look good anyways, it’s more of a functional or practical piece. They aren’t fashion accessories and shouldn’t be treated as such. Their purpose is to protect your eyes from the blue light, which can cause you to have worse vision and can keep you up at night. If you invest in such glasses, then you can save yourself from a ton of trouble and upset eye doctors.
Price and Quality of Blue Light Glasses
If you know anything about sunglasses, then you probably already know that it is not worth buying cheaper ones, because they come at a much higher price than just money. Your vision.
Blue light glasses can block anywhere from 10% to 90% of these harmful wavelengths. This, of course, depends on the quality. If you get one on the cheaper side, then you may end up with glasses that barely help and can actually cause damage. Some of them even block wavelengths that are beneficial. This can result in an even quicker vision deterioration at times.
But even if we don’t take this into consideration, because these glasses aren’t all that common, there are still problems. For example, some of the peel, this will let you know that you’ve got lower quality blue light glasses. The layers start coming off of the lenses, which can leave permanent stains and residue, which makes the glasses slightly opaque. This also takes away the glasses’ ability to filter blue light. But if you are still not convinced, then get this: cheap glasses will break within a month. No, not where the arms are attached, where glasses are usually the most vulnerable. These ones will simply crack on the lenses. Long story short, buy glasses that have good reviews and are actually of high quality. High quality lenses tend to use carefully crafted lenses, not just filters that deteriorate over time. Otherwise, you will just spend money on something useless and you might cause yourself long term damage.
How do Blue Light Glasses Work?
The first guess is probably “Does yellow cancel blue out?” In a sense, yes. But that is not the whole truth at all. The lenses consist of multiple layers and their purpose is to reflect light that is on certain wavelengths. Mainly from 380 nm to 450 nm, as these are the most harmful to your eyes. The yellow tint makes this easier, which is why they are cheaper. But because of this, there is a good amount of color distortion. The way this works is pretty simple, but only if you still remember those physics classes where you calculated how light is reflected off certain surfaces and angles. So, to make things easier to understand, we will try to explain it in a way so you don’t need to re-learn all those terms and phrases.
When light travels through something and hits a new material, a certain amount of it gets reflected and some of its’ energy stays on the surface of said material. In the case of windows or mirrors (the glass part of them), this reflection is very minimal, as their purpose is to let light through. But there is still some energy that is absorbed in them. These glasses use this to filter the blue light. These layers are insanely thin and are packed tightly onto each other. So, if the light goes through the lenses, these layers reflect the harmful wavelengths little by little.
Blue light glasses are always good to have around, even if you wouldn’t use them all that often. If you can save yourself from little bits of damage each day that is still a huge amount of help for your eyes. Take care of your vision, after all, you only have 1 set of eyes.
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